Robert W. Proctor and Kim-Phuong L. Vu
Purdue University
Human Information Processing Approach
Information Processing
Signal Detection Methods and Theory
Chronometric Methods
Speed-Accuracy Methods
Psychophysiological Methods
Information Processing Models
Discrete and Continuous Stage Models
Sequential Sampling Models
Information Processing in Choice-Reaction Tasks
Stimulus Identification
Response Selection
Response Execution
Memory in Information Processing
Short-term (Working) Memory
Long-Term Memory
Other Factors Affecting Retrieval of Earlier Events
Attention in Information Processing
Models of Attention
Automaticity of Practice
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Summary and Conclusion
References
Figure 2.1: Speed-accuracy operating characteristic curve. Faster responding occurs at the cost of lower accuracy
Figure 2.2:Information processing stages and variables that affect them, based on Sanders’(1998)taxonomy.S-R =stimulus-response
Figure 2.3:Baddeley's (2000) revised working memory model. LTM = long-term memory. From "The Episodic Buffer: A New Component of Working Memory?" by A.D. Baddeley, 2000, Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 4, p. 421. Copyright 2000 by Elsevier Science Ltd. Reprinted with permission.